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G. H. GASKINS.

ATTACHMENT TOR PUMPS.

Patented July 11, 1882.

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UNITED VSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. GASKINS, OF PANTEGO, `NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO EDMUND A. RODERIOK, OF VASHINGTON, D. C.

ATTACHM ENT FOR PU M PS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,087, dated July 11, 1882.

Application led June 2, 1882. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be i't known that I, GEORGE H. GASKINs, a citizenot'theUnited States,residingatPantego, in the county of Beaufort and Sta-te of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Pumps 5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in attachments for pumps; and the object is to produce an attachment for any kind of pump by -which the same pump can be used for diiierent purposes by merely turning a valve, so that, for instance, the pump may be used for pumping ont the bilge-water, andthen for-washing the deck of a vessel, or for use during iire, or for any similar purposes.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described hereinafter, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a vertical section of my improved attachment with its valve. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a moditication. Fig. 3 is a plan view ot' Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a side view of the valve with round hole. Fig.5 is a similar view thereof with square hole. Fig. 6 is a detached view of the handle.

In the drawings, Arepresents a branch piece or coupling having the three branches B C D, which are provided with suitable flan ges, b c el, by which they are to be attached to the pump and the pipes that lead, for instance, into the bilge-water ot' a vessel, or to the outside of the ship into the sea-water. Instead of the iian ges, it will be readily understood that screw-joints or other coupling devices may be employed. At the juncture of these three branches is arranged a two-way valve, E, the aperture e in which is made either round, square, or oblong, and is constructed to conform to the curve of connecting branches, and in Fig. 1 the two branches are intended for larger-sized vessels, in which the pipes can be arranged side by side, while in Fig. 2 one branch extends into the hold of a vessel, while the other is arranged at right angles to extend through the side of the vessel into the sea-water. 0f

course these branches can be made to conform to any shape, so as to suit dii'erent circumstances and diderent localities, vessels, or wherever it is desired to apply them. On the end ot' the valve-stein f, which is preferably made square, is secured a handle, F, which is bent or curved, as shown in Fig. 6, so as to conform to the curve of the two lower connecting branches of pipes. By means of this handle,

bent as shown, the position ofthe openingin thev desired to wash the decks or to extinguish tire, Aor for other purposes, the connection is made with the other branch by changing the valve, and pure water is thus obtained for use. The device is very simple in construct-ion, not liable to get out of order, it can be applied wherever it is required Without much trouble, and can be furnished at a moderate expense.

I am aware ot' Patent No. 97,366, in which a two-way cock is shown, but of different construction from mine, and not applicable in the same manner. I am also aware of Patent No. 210,055, in which an attachment with a valve is shown, having nozzles leading to opposite sides of a keelson, and a separate'nozzle on the pump-barrel, to which hose can be attached; and I am also aware that a faucet has been provided with a spherical valve to draw hot and cold water or otherliquid at the same time, or mixed; and I therefore disclaim these devices shown in said patents, as they are not applicable to a pump in a similar manner to mine; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. An attachment for pumps, consisting of a three-way branch piece having at its junc- IOO tion a two-Way valve arranged as shown, :1nd their openings to form an unobstructed pasprovided with an orifice conforming to the sage, and a handle, F, curved as shown, to

curves of the communicating nozzles, and of indicate the position ot' the valve, all arranged A the same size as the openings in the nozzles substantially as shown, and for the purpose I5 5 to form an unobstructed passage, substantially specified.

as specified. In testimony whereof I hereby ax my sig- 2. The attachment for pumps herein denature in presence of two Witnesses. scribed, consisting of athree-Waybraneh piece, GEORGE H. GASKINS. A, with suitable ilanges, zt two-way valve, E, Witnesses:

1o with an aperture conforming to the connecting LLOYD F. KELEHER,

curves of the branches, and of the same size as PHILIP F. LARNER. 

